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The boiling point of water at sea level is 100 degrees centigrade.

but the boiling point of water at a mountain top will depend on the atmospheric pressure of the air around that mountain top area at the time .

if u were to measure the air pressure as u climb a mountain u would notice a change ; a reduction in air pressure .

hence as you approach the top of the mountain the air pressure would have been seen to reduce to a much lowe rvalue that that at sea level height .

i think it can be as low as 70 degrees centigrade at some mountain tops.

in comparison if u had an enclosed metal vessel and made the pressure inside that increase to a very high value, the water would now boil at a much greater temperature , 250 degrees ? maybe .

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